{"product_id":"original-spin","title":"Original Spin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe much-loved former England player, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e cricket correspondent and TMS broadcaster tells the story of his life in cricket for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn April 1974 new recruits \u003cb\u003eViv Richards\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eIan Botham\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePeter Roebuck\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eVic Marks\u003c\/b\u003e reported for duty at \u003cb\u003eSomerset County Cricket Club\u003c\/b\u003e. Apart from Richards, ''all of us were eighteen years old, though Botham seemed to have lived a bit longer - or at least more vigorously - than the rest.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this irresistible memoir of a life lived in cricket, Vic Marks returns to the heady days when Richards and Botham were young men yet to unleash their talents on the world stage while he and Roebuck looked on in awe. After the high-octane dramas of Somerset, playing for England was almost an anti-climax for Marks, who became an unlikely all-rounder in the mercurial side of the 1980s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving from the dressing room to the press box, with trenchant observations about the modern game along the way, \u003ci\u003eOriginal Spin\u003c\/i\u003e is a charmingly wry, shrewdly observed account of a golden age in cricket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315886268798,"sku":"NW9781911630203","price":11.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781911630203.jpg?v=1778716775","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/original-spin","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}